CAC High School Principal’s Notes
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball Team Match at Hayah
With a full week of semester 2 under our belts, the high school students jumped into new units of study with gusto. As Seniors sat for their individual yearbook headshots in graduation regalia this week, it dawned on all of us how quickly the school year is flying by.
Over the next week the CAC MUN team will participate in THIMUN, one of the world’s most prestigious model UN conferences, which is held annually at The Hague, Netherlands. We wish them a successful trip, and look forward to hearing more about their adventures upon their return next week.
CAC will observe the January 25th Revolution and Police Day Holiday on Thursday, January 26th. There will be no classes and practices on this day, in observance of this Egyptian national holiday. Classes will resume on Sunday, January 29th.
WWW Updates
As we approach the final weeks of school before WWW adventures begin, please take a moment to review important information from trip leaders. They have shared it via email or on Google Classroom. Parent information sessions will take place in the coming weeks; please mark your calendars and plan to attend these important online sessions. Trip leaders will send links in the coming weeks. Here are the dates for your planning:
Dates for your Diary
• Fri 20 Jan: Hope Run (in Wadi Degla)
• 20-27 Jan: THIMUN Trip – The Hague
• Thu 26 Jan: Police Day/Revolution Day Holiday – no school
• Tue Jan 31 – Tue 7 Feb: WWW parent information sessions
• Tue 7 Feb: Grade 11 University Information Event (6:00 PM, CAC Theater); All Juniors and parents are invited. RSVP to be sent soon.
• Thu 16 Feb: Early Release Day. Students dismissed at 11:30
• Thu 16 Feb: HS Talent Show (evening)
• 26 Feb – Mar 2 – Week Without Walls (note: some international trips depart ahead of this date, check your child’s individual trip information)
• 3-11 Mar: Spring Break
Trip to Homeless Shelter Organization Maana L Enkaz Ensan
Andrew Buckman Rachel McCall
HS Principal HS Assistant Principal
Counseling Department Announcements
Week of January 19, 2023
Grades 9-11: Summer Programs
Immersing yourself in a summer program is one of the best ways to use your time away from CAC to gain valuable experience. There are thousands of summer opportunities and programs being offered around the world each year. Click HERE to check out a few we have come across.
Grade 12: Reminders for your senior students:
Upcoming Applications: The next upcoming internal CAC deadline to have all applications ready to submit for deadlines of Feb. 15h onwards is February 1st.
Grade 11 Class of 2024 University Application Kick Off!!!
Tuesday, February 7th – 6 pm to 7:30 pm in the CAC Theater; All juniors and parents are invited. RSVP to be sent soon.
Grade 11 Programing
February 5th & 6th- the counselors will meet all grade 11 students to review PSAT scores, the recent career assessment they took on MAIA Learning, and prepare for the February 7th university kick off presentation for parents and students..
Grade 10 Programing
January 31 & February 1st- the counselors will meet with all grade 10 students to review PSAT scores and prepare for course selections with a continuation of their 4 year plan. The course selection process for rising 11th graders is important; therefore ,each student will be asked to complete a 4 year academic plan to help ensure they are on a suitable pathway to individual success.
Grade 9 Programing
The first Freshman seminar of the second semester will be held January 22-23rd in your Study Halls.
ACT Prep Course
CAC has partnered with Higher Ground Learning to offer a 2-weekend in-person ACT prep course at CAC in March. To learn more about registration and the cost, please click here. There must be at least 5 people enrolled for the course to take place. Deadline to register is February 10th.
ACT Test information:
Students may register for the upcoming 22-23 test dates at CAC, or other test locations in Cairo. Please go here to find out more.
Claudia Bean, Jody Stiles, Kasey Semler
HS Counseling
General Announcements
Community Core Values award – To honor our community’s involvement, the CAC Board of Trustees every year seeks to recognize members of our community through the CAC Community Core Values award. This award is presented to members of our community who exhibit the CAC core values by making exceptional and varied contributions to the CAC community through volunteering their time, expertise and love for CAC. The CAC Core Values are: Compassion, Creativity, Courage, Integrity, Perseverance, Respect, and Responsibility.
If you know of someone who has made a difference in the lives of our CAC community while exhibiting these core values, please nominate this person for the Core Values Award. The nomination form is available here. Forms can also be obtained from the Board Executive Assistant, Nawal Gamal, on the 3rd floor of the Admin Building or via email board@cacegypt.org. Nominations are due no later than 3:00 pm on February 2, 2023. All members of the parent community – not currently on the Board of Trustees – are eligible to be considered for this award. Faculty and staff can also be considered so long as they make contributions to the community that are above and beyond their regular, expected duties. Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge the contributions of outstanding members of our CAC community.
HS Library
Introducing PressReader – free for you from the CAC Libraries!
PressReader offers hundreds of magazines and newspapers from around the world and in multiple languages!
Click here for directions on how to Sign-in to PressReader using your CAC Google Account – note you will need to click “Library/Group” on the sign-in page to access the subscription.
Meghan Ennis
Library
Hope Run – January 20 (at Wadi Degla)
PreK & KG Open House – Jan. 30 (8:30 am)
PreK 3/4 & KG Open House Registration Link
CAC After School Strings Program
Learning About Positive Discipline
Are you a parent? or a teacher that may be interested in learning about Positive Discipline? I am hoping to facilitate my second parent workshop at CAC in January. Once a week for six weeks. Each class would be an hour and 15 minutes. With an optional additional 15 minutes at the end for Q&A or sharing.
Please fill out the attached FORM if you’re interested. I’d love to have you join!
Bonnie Greene
NESA Parents as Partners Series
ON-DEMAND LIBRARIES OF WEBINAR RECORDINGS
2020-2021 / 2021-2022 / 2022-2023
You may access the libraries and their over 35 webinar recordings at this link.
Parents as Partners: Bringing Out the Best
WITH JOY MARCHESE
February 28, March 21, April 4, 2023
Sessions, Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm (Athens GMT+2/+3)
VIEW INFOSHEET | VISIT THE INFOHUB
REGISTER NOW
Note: There is no cost to register. Register at any time before the session you wish to attend. You will receive a link to join in an email shortly after completing the form. You may use the same link to join all three sessions, or register again to receive a new link.
*Please note: Daylight savings time begins in Greece on March 26, 2023. This will affect local session start times in areas that do not observe daylight savings.
Recordings will be uploaded to the InfoHub after each session.
Bring Out the Best in Yourself, Your Child and Your Home
Continue to develop community practices within the home to increase your confidence as a parent and develop a plan for those (inevitable) challenging times. Learn practical tools and habits that anyone – a caregiver or not – can apply to their lives.
This 4-part series will explore effective communication, child development, wellbeing, behavioral psychology, and positive parenting as a way to create an environment where children (and adults) are encouraged and engaged, and feel a sense of connection, value and belonging.
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About Joy Marchese
Joy Marchese is founder and director of Positive Discipline UK and co-author of Positive Discipline for Today’s Busy (& Overwhelmed) Parent. She runs a successful global educational consultancy and coaching practice, and develops SEL courses and products to teach social-emotional skills in homes, schools, and multiple organizations throughout the world.